A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge
Ballast water in ships is an important contributor to the secondary spread of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, we use a model previously created to determine the role ballast water management has played in the secondary spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) to iden...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:plo:pone00:0114217 2023-05-15T18:49:54+02:00 A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge Jennifer L Sieracki Jonathan M Bossenbroek W Lindsay Chadderton https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114217 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114217&type=printable unknown https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114217 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114217&type=printable article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:37:27Z Ballast water in ships is an important contributor to the secondary spread of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, we use a model previously created to determine the role ballast water management has played in the secondary spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) to identify the future spread of one current and two potential invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus), killer shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), and golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei), respectively. Model predictions for Eurasian Ruffe have been used to direct surveillance efforts within the Great Lakes and DNA evidence of ruffe presence was recently reported from one of three high risk port localities identified by our model. Predictions made for killer shrimp and golden mussel suggest that these two species have the potential to become rapidly widespread if introduced to the Great Lakes, reinforcing the need for proactive ballast water management. The model used here is flexible enough to be applied to any species capable of being spread by ballast water in marine or freshwater ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eurasian ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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Ballast water in ships is an important contributor to the secondary spread of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, we use a model previously created to determine the role ballast water management has played in the secondary spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) to identify the future spread of one current and two potential invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus), killer shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus), and golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei), respectively. Model predictions for Eurasian Ruffe have been used to direct surveillance efforts within the Great Lakes and DNA evidence of ruffe presence was recently reported from one of three high risk port localities identified by our model. Predictions made for killer shrimp and golden mussel suggest that these two species have the potential to become rapidly widespread if introduced to the Great Lakes, reinforcing the need for proactive ballast water management. The model used here is flexible enough to be applied to any species capable of being spread by ballast water in marine or freshwater ecosystems. |
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Jennifer L Sieracki Jonathan M Bossenbroek W Lindsay Chadderton |
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Jennifer L Sieracki Jonathan M Bossenbroek W Lindsay Chadderton A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge |
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Jennifer L Sieracki Jonathan M Bossenbroek W Lindsay Chadderton |
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Jennifer L Sieracki |
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A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge |
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A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge |
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A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge |
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A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge |
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A Spatial Modeling Approach to Predicting the Secondary Spread of Invasive Species Due to Ballast Water Discharge |
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spatial modeling approach to predicting the secondary spread of invasive species due to ballast water discharge |
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Eurasian ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus |
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Eurasian ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus |
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